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...lived through his own doctor-patient nightmare. It started when his son had a medical emergency in July, which every doctor knows is the worst of all months to go to a teaching hospital. "The new interns and residents begin July 1," he explains. "There's a very morbid joke: don't get sick on the July 4 weekend." But years ago, when he and his wife were new parents, they were visiting her family in Connecticut for the holiday when their 9-month-old son became cranky, ran a fever, got diarrhea. They went to a local pediatrician...
...progress. Last week, the Communist Party congress, an eight-day leadership conference held once every five years, opened in Hanoi with the political élite promising to accelerate economic reforms and tackle corruption. But it remains to be seen whether bureaucrats will be able to change. "People used to joke in the late 1990s that Vietnam never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity," says Fred Burke, managing partner of the U.S. law firm Baker & McKenzie. "I hope it won't be true this time." Workers like Nhan, who is going to work in the new Canon factory, are vowing...
...became more of a joke in Cabot House,” she said...
...true reality feature film,” and it gave him a prime venue for two of his comedic ditties: “The 80’s Song” and “The STD Song.”Constantly on the look out for a new joke, Ingber always travels with a pen, because “everyone says funny things in conversation, and anyone can capture them all.”“The best comedians are the ones you identify with and have such a strong impenetrable persona onstage that you can?...
...that Pharoah could not be convicted because he lacked free will, citing the famous Biblical line that “God hardened Pharaoh’s heart.” The quip drew laughter and playful boos from the near-capacity crowd, all of whom seemed to get the joke immediately. Dershowitz countered by calling Moses a “terrorist” who tried to achieve his political ends through biological warfare, and tried to redeem the ruler’s reputation. “Pharaoh has been victimized by a small Jewish lobby,” Dershowitz said...